EDUCATION BOARD

Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1932, Page 8

EDUCATION BOARD

MEETING AT CHRISTCHURCH. The Canterbury Education Board met yivfc CxiirisUchUi'ch on Friday, Tttie were H. J. Biguell (chairman), W. A? Banks, S. R. Evison, 0. i S.''-Sm*th, W. P. Spencer, ■ lAimitage, U. Bens t© ad, is. ! ■? Baird and R» Wild. Committee re:a memorandum had been. ntjeiWp.fi\om the senior inspector re- ; commanding- that appointees to head- . . maiSlershipiS : ■ of District" High Schools' should be ’.university, graduates, -The conimittee had, resolved to express th • opinion that? th e Board would "require a qualification not less than B" cerfc.-li-cate, \vith'rpfeferer-v:- to a graduate. .It wa^i tsespSved that terms for next yedil. shojild (be as followslst term-: jPe'Enlai-y. list to May sth ; 2nd term : May 22nd to August 18th; 3rd term ; ftSeptemberL..4tlr to December 20th. T e schools'. would- reopen on February Ist,' ‘l933.yvj-i, • ■ • . _ f Hratils recommended by the Buildings Committee were, -approved fncluding';—•GbldSborough, for shelterished repairs,■ 10s; Hatters,. for tfipats, £l2.''; ..... _ ' The senior inspector advised, that he could: not. recommend the Board, to. apply fot- • a grant, in a,id of. the a-e----mqyal of'! tiack&(>n to replace the-ding; destroy-, ed by fir,©. < Owing to the small roll , and the po-sibility of it not being maintained, the senior inspector stated that jn ’ his opinion the Department should fiot be required to provid e a* buddingIt was ;decided • that Mr H, J. B g-. nell .should i.be deputed to investigate , the; pragpecfci, of obtaining ■accommodation for. ..the children. s ‘i.: r t Appointments confii’med included.— Anafika I. M. Washington (sdle teacher) -y. Cobdert/i.-'Missi'-'B..' Won*' , peHan ■ .-finfant mistife's); Hokit 5 Vn n Miss 'E. Mv.t.ttlarlane (secondary, asrhstanti; Miss...:-:-!.-. G ; » Yeal'e(assistant mistress). •Mr Evison ;moved : “That the Ca"terbury . .Education 1 oard >. •• of. the opinion •; that the exten c ion of theiconr tract, for printing primary school text bdaks. which; had it,yeans to run, for ; >.lfnrther . team of four' mak’’ng ist<. yeairt,.. in -all, is not to the best ’n r ♦West oft- ("ho .parents, and that the fiiVUvright of-the school books should b-* field by the Education. Department, and j the con,tract : for printing let by open tender.”. . | i The motion, was carried.